O-SODE-SAN
What has happened?
[The Gaki, hidden, has been triumphant. Suddenly he seems to shrivel as if drawn with rage.
OBAA-SAN
I waited, oh so long—you know.—I opened my arms.—My dream came true.—I sang my lullaby—to my child.—A lover came;—they have gone.
O-KATSU-SAN
She is a-wander in her mind.
OBAA-SAN
I opened my arms here—like this.—She stepped into them as though she had been there always—and now she has gone.—In one short moment I lived my mother-life.
O-SODE-SAN